Government Relations
Archive of Pending Legislation 2005-06
UW System bill positions, status, and testimonies from the 2005-06 legislation
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- Assembly Bills
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- Senate Bills
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Typical path of each bill introduced in the State Legislature
Assembly Bills
| Assembly Bill Name | Brief Description |
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AB 27 Tuition gift Certificates |
Allows the UW System to create a tuition gift certificate for purchase. |
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AB 31 Income tax deduction for 529 contribution |
Allows an individual income tax deduction for certain amounts contributed to any section 529 college tuition program. |
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AB 53 UW-Rock County Engineering Funding |
Funding for engineering instruction at the UW-Rock County campus. |
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AB 87 Nonresident tuition exemption for veteran's dependents |
Creates a nonresident tuition exemption for dependents of certain active members of the armed forces. |
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AB 105 State Contracting |
Directs DOA to prescribe, by rule, uniform procedures for determining whether services are appropriate for contracting. |
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AB 106 Increased income tax deduction for college |
Expands the individual income tax deduction for college tuition expenses. |
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AB 111 Divorced persons - contributions to college savings plans |
Allows an individual income tax deduction for some amounts contributed by a divorced or legally separated parent to his or her child's college savings account or college tuition and expenses program; limits the deduction that may be claimed by a married person who files separately. |
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AB 158 Nontraditional Student Regent |
Adds a nontraditional student regent. |
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AB 186 contractual services |
Requires all contractual services purchased by executive branch agencies to be performed within the United States. |
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AB 228 Youth Apprenticeship Grants |
Increases funding for local youth apprenticeship grants. |
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AB 239 Limits tuition to 3% increases |
Limits tuition increases to three percent. |
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AB 280 Health Insurance Coverage of Full-time Student on Medical Leave |
Allows for coverage for the entire calendar year, regardless of when the student withdraws, when the status for that absence is a medical leave of absence. |
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AB 297 Tuition Tax Credit for Businesses |
Creates a non-refundable income tax and franchise tax credit for businesses that pay tuition for an individual to attend a university, college, or technical college. |
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AB 317 No tuition for dependents of killed or disabled veterans |
Exempts from tuition and fees spouses, unremarried surviving spouses and children of certain veterans at the University of Wisconsin System and at technical colleges. |
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AB 318 Half-price tuition for eligible veterans |
Grant to any Wisconsin veterans a remission equal to 50 percent of the costs of tuition and fees... |
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AB 343 emergency contraception |
Ban on prescription of emergency contraception at UWS facilities AB 343 Full description and UW System position Read testimony by Alice Reilly-Myklebust,
RN, MSN |
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AB 349 Health occupation credit transfer |
Requires the board to ensure that all credits in nursing, occupational therapy, physical therapy, and medical technology programs are fully transferable... |
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AB 350 Nursing credit transfer |
Requires the Board of Regents of the UW System to work with technical college district boards to ensure that credits earned in UW System nursing courses are accepted for transfer by technical colleges. |
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AB 378 Re-enrollment of veterans |
Students who were forced to withdraw from school after September 11, 2001, because they were called into active military service are able to be reimbursed. |
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AB 383 Criminal Background Checks |
Requires each appointing authority of an agency in the executive branch of state government including the UW System to conduct a criminal history background investigation of an applicant for a position |
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AB 387 Expansion of nursing loan program |
Expands the nursing student loan program to include nurse educators. |
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AB 397 Appropriation for UW Platteville buildings |
The purchase of the Governor Dodge Hotel and Convention Center in the city of Platteville for use by the University of Wisconsin-Platteville. |
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AB 438 Utility shortfall funding |
Increases UW System energy costs appropriation for the 2004-05 fiscal year |
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AB 439 UW Compensation Reform |
The Board of Regents must hold at least ONE public meeting on the issue of UW senior executive group compensation reform and allow members of the public to comment at the meeting. |
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Prohibits cities, villages, and towns (municipalities) from using both property taxes and service charges to pay for the same costs incurred for storm water utilities. |
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AB 503 Domestic Partnership Benefits |
Providing coverage for domestic partner of University of Wisconsin system employees and annuitants. |
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AB 576 Resident Tuition for Undocumented Students |
This bill allows an alien who is not a legal permanent resident of the United States to pay resident tuition, under certain conditions |
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AB 578 Faculty/Student Governance Policies |
Creates a so-called UW Students "Bill of Rights." |
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AB 595 College Parallel Offerings Expanded at WTCS |
Expands the college parallel programs to include any technical college district in the WTC System in which there is not located a University of Wisconsin two-year college campus. |
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AB 667 UW-Milwaukee Parking |
The bill allows a local government to restrict parking |
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AB 682 Condemnation of Property |
Prohibits the condemnation of property for any purpose not expressly authorized. |
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AB 698 UW-Parkside Charter School Enrollment Increase |
UW-Parkside charter school, under current law, is limited to an enrollment of 400 pupils. This bill increases the limit to 480 pupils beginning in the 2006-07 school year. |
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AB 701 Composition of the Board of Regents |
Requires the appointment to the Board of at least one citizen member who resides in each of the Wisconsin’s congressional districts. |
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AB 725 Default Judgments for Certain Citations |
Allows courts to issue default judgments in cases involved citations issued for certain violations. |
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AB 730 Allows UW Schools to Charter |
This bill allows additional four–year UW institutions or two–year college campus within the University of Wisconsin System to operate up to five charter schools... |
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AB 731 Tax Credits for College Savings Account or Tuition and Expenses program |
Creates nonrefundable individual income tax credits for amounts contributed to a college savings account or a college tuition and expenses program. |
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AB 743 Higher Education Aid Grants |
Changes the formula used to calculate the amounts appropriated for higher education grants for UW System students and for Lawton grants. |
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AB 763 Concealed Weapons |
This bill permits a person to go armed with a concealed and dangerous weapon... |
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AB 768 UW System International Charter School |
Allows the President of the UW System to contract for the operation of an up to 1,400 pupil independent International Charter School. |
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AB 774 Academic Excellence Scholarships |
Extends Academic Excellence Scholarship awards eligibility to a student enrolled in a 2-year, full-time vocational diploma program at a technical college. |
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Requires every state contract bid over $10,000 be posted on the Internet within 24 hours. |
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AB 819 Clinical Practicum for Law School Students |
Requires students to successfully complete a six to eight credit clinical practicum. |
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AB 835 Tuition Remission |
Extends remission to children and spouse of those with qualifying disabilities. |
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AB 837 Meat Purchases by State Agencies |
Requires giving preference in purchasing chicken, turkey, beef, or pork products to suppliers with meat from animals not given antibiotics for other than therapeutic reasons. |
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AB 869 Nursing School Faculties |
Prohibits the Board of Nursing from requiring that more than 75 percent of the faculty at nursing schools hold master’s or doctoral degrees in nursing. |
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AB 877 Academic Excellence Scholarships |
Limits eligibility for a Academic Excellence Higher Education Scholarship |
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AB 879 Tuition Remission for Disabled Veteran's dependents |
Removes the requirement that the veteran incurred the service-connected disability while a resident of this state. |
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AB 880 Additional Math & Science Credit Required to Receive High School Diploma |
Requires an additional credit of mathematics and science. |
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AB 882 Appointment of Student Regents |
Deletes prohibition of appointing a student regent from the same institution in two consecutive terms, adding new criteria. |
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AB 895 WHEG Grant Increase |
Increases the WHEG grant maximum for any academic year from $2,500 to $3,000. |
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AB 905 Fishing and Hunting Licenses |
Adds eligibility for residence license fees for fishing and hunting licenses. |
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AB 916 Tuition Remission for Certain Veterans |
Expands the tuition remission for dependents of deceased or disabled veterans. |
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AB 921 State Building Projects |
Approval of state building projects and contracts; use of bidding procedures on such contracts; allocation of village assets and liabilities upon dissolution. |
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AB 976 Medical Student Loan program |
Creates $450,000/yr. loan program to be administered by HEAB. |
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AB 1002 Medical School Enrollment |
Repeals current law that reduced the size of the class entering the UW Medical School by 2.5 percent for each academic year between 1984-1988. |
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AB 1017 Forward Wisconsin Funding |
Increases GPR support for the Department of Commerce’s contract with Forward Wisconsin, Inc. |
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AB 1034 Tuition Remission for Veterans and Their Dependents |
Expands current UW/technical college tuition remission for veterans established in the 2005-07 biennial budget from 50% to 100%. |
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AB 1068 Executive Salaries & Nonresident Tuition |
Prohibits the UW System Board of Regents from increasing salaries and reducing nonresident tuition. |
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AB 1084 Tax Credits for Purchase of Season Tickets to Athletic Events |
Creates an income and franchise tax credit. |
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AB 1116 Executive Salaries |
Prohibits any portion of salaries paid from general purpose revenue (GPR) may not equal or exceed the salary of the governor. |
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AB 1120 Long-term Care Insurance |
Permits participants under the Wisconsin Retirement system to use accumulated unused sick leave credits... |
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AB 1147 Employment of Unpardoned Felons |
Permits the UW System Board of Regents and the Technical College System Board to refuse to employ or to terminate from employment an unpardoned felon. |
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AB 1153 College Savings Program |
Establishes a college savings program bank deposit trust fund. |
Assembly Joint Resolutions and Assembly Resolutions
| Name of Resolution | Brief Description |
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AJR 77 Taxpayers Protection Amendment |
Creates a constitutional limitation on certain revenues. AJR 77 Full description and UW System position Read Testimony by Regent Pres
Walsh |
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AR 14 Health care occupation task force |
Form a task force to make recommendations on ways to reduce nursing shortage and reduce the shortage of other health care occupation professionals. |
Senate Bills
| Name of Senate Bill | Brief Description |
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SB 38 Tuition gift Certificates |
Allows the UW System to create a tuition gift certificate for purchase. |
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SB 53 Divorced persons - contributions to college savings plans |
Allows an individual income tax deduction for some amounts contributed by a divorced or legally separated parent to his or her child's college savings account or college tuition and expenses program; limits the deduction that may be claimed by a married person who files separately. |
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SB 56 State contracting |
Directs DOA to prescribe, by rule, uniform procedures for determining whether services are appropriate for contracting. |
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SB 76 Altering the eligibility for the Academic Excellence grant |
Permits a senior high school student with the second highest grade point average, but not less than 3.800 or the equivalent, to be certified as an alternate and to receive a scholarship.. |
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SB 96 Allows UW Schools to Charter |
Allows additional four–year UW institutions or two–year college campus within the University of Wisconsin System to operate up to five charter schools or to contract for the operation of a charter school. |
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SB 98 Contractual services |
Requires all contractual services to be performed in United States. |
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SB 121 Nontraditional Student Regent |
Adds a nontraditional student regent. |
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SB 152 Tuition Tax Credit for Businesses |
Creates a non-refundable income tax and franchise tax credit SB 152 Full description and UW System position Read Testimony by Margaret Lewis |
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SB 175 Appropriation for UW Platteville buildings |
The purchase of the Governor Dodge Hotel and Convention Center in the city of Platteville for use by the University of Wisconsin-Platteville. |
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SB 187 Drug Dealers ineligible for WHEG |
Makes a college student who is convicted ineligible for a state grant, loan, or work assistance for a period of two years following the conviction. |
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SB 279 College Parallel Offerings Expanded at WTCS |
Expands the college parallel programs to include any technical college district in the WTC System in which there is not located a University of Wisconsin two-year college campus. |
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SB 293 Tax deductions for 529 programs |
Allows an individual income tax deduction for certain amounts contributed to any section 529 college tuition program. |
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SB 329 UW-Milwaukee Parking |
The bill allows a local government to restrict parking. |
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SB 336 Tax Credits for 529 programs |
Creates a nonrefundable individual income tax credit |
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SB 338 Purchase Contracts of UW Goods and Services by Research Companies |
Creates an exemption to s. 946.13 for a research company who contracts with the University of Wisconsin |
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SB 345 UW-Parkside Charter School Enrollment Increase |
UW-Parkside charter school, under current law, is limited to an enrollment of 400 pupils. This bill increases the limit to 480 pupils beginning in the 2006-07 school year. |
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SB 351 Tax Credits for College Savings Account or Tuition and Expenses program |
Creates nonrefundable individual income tax credits for amounts contributed to a college savings account or a college tuition and expenses program |
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SB 370 Academic Excellence Scholarships |
Extends Academic Excellence Scholarship awards eligibility |
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SB 372 Biomedical Technology Alliance (BTA) |
Appropriates $2 million GPR to support biomedical research |
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SB 377 UW System International Charter School |
Allows the President of the UW System to contract for the operation of an up to 1,400 pupil independent International Charter School in Dane County |
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SB 389 Default Judgments for Certain Citations |
Allows courts to issue default judgments in cases involved citations issued for certain violations. |
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SB 403 Concealed Weapons |
Permits a person to go armed with a concealed and dangerous weapon. |
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SB 414 Tuition Remission |
Extends remission to children and spouse of those with qualifying disabilities. |
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SB 427 Tuition Remission for Disabled Veteran's dependents |
Adds eligibility in Wisconsin 2005 Budget Act 25 to spouses, surviving spouses, or children of veterans. |
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SB 436 Re-enrollment of veterans |
Requires the colleges and universities to reenroll the student forced to withdraw from school after September 11, 2001, because they were called into active military service. |
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SB 478 State Building Projects |
Increases various statutory thresholds for certain types of construction and maintenance projects. |
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SB 481 WHEG Grant Increase |
Increases the WHEG grant maximum for any academic year from $2,500 to $3,000. |
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SB 513 Forward Wisconsin Funding |
Increases GPR support for the Department of Commerce’s contract with Forward Wisconsin, Inc. |
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SB 549 Medical School Enrollment |
Repeals current law that reduced the size of the class entering the UW Medical School by 2.5 percent for each academic year between 1984-1988. |
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SB 554 Law Revision Bill |
Changes membership of the State Laboratory of Hygiene Board, clarifies nonresident tuition exemption for admission of veterans, and deletes reference to a 5th year clerkship as part of a foreign medical student’s transfer program. |
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SB 603 Human Stem Cell Research |
Provides that the policy of the state is to permit research involving the derivation and use of human stem cells. |
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SB 613 Tuition Remission for Veterans and Their Dependents |
Expands current UW/technical college tuition remission for veterans. |
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SB 661 College Savings Program |
Establishes a college savings program bank deposit trust fund. |
Senate Joint Resolutions
| Name of Resolution | Brief Description |
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SJR 63 Taxpayers Protection Amendment |
Creates a constitutional limitation on certain revenues. SJR 63 Full description and UW System position Read Testimony by Regent Pres
Walsh |